Specifications

Century S245E Installation and Operation Manual

5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System ...................................... 22

5.1 Stove Maintenance ............................................................................................... 22

5.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................... 22

5.1.2 Door adjustment ................................................................................................ 23

5.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket ............................................................................... 24

5.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .................................................. 24

5.1.5 Cleaning and Painting the Stove ....................................................................... 25

5.2 Chimney and Chimney Connector Maintenance .................................................. 25

5.2.1 Why Chimney Cleaning is Necessary ............................................................... 25

5.2.2 How Often Should You Clean the Chimney? .................................................... 25

5.2.3 Cleaning the Chimney ....................................................................................... 26

PART B - INSTALLATION .................................................................. 27

6 Safety Information ........................................................................... 27

6.1 Summary of Installation Cautions and Warnings .................................................. 27

6.2 Regulations Covering Stove Installation ............................................................... 28

7 Clearances to Combustible Material .............................................. 29

7.1 Location of the certification label .......................................................................... 29

7.2 Clearances to Walls and Ceiling........................................................................... 29

7.3 Floor protector ...................................................................................................... 32

7.4 Reducing Wall and Ceiling Clearances Safely ..................................................... 33

7.4.1 Shield Construction Rules ................................................................................. 33

7.4.2 Table of Clearance Reduction Percentages ...................................................... 34

8 The Venting System ......................................................................... 35

8.1 General ................................................................................................................ 35

8.2 Suitable Chimneys ............................................................................................... 35

8.2.1 Factory-built Metal Chimneys ............................................................................ 35

8.2.2 Masonry Chimneys ........................................................................................... 36

8.3 Minimum Chimney Height .................................................................................... 36

8.4 The Relationship Between the Chimney and the House ...................................... 37

8.4.1 Why inside chimneys are preferred ................................................................... 37

8.4.2 Why the chimney should penetrate the highest heated space .......................... 38

8.5 Supply of Combustion Air ..................................................................................... 38

8.5.1 Air Supply in Conventional Houses ................................................................... 39

8.6 Installing the Chimney Connector ......................................................................... 39

8.6.1 Installation of Single Wall Chimney Connector ................................................. 39